Difficult Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭfĭ-kŭlt, -kəlt
Hard to achieve
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hard
  2. arduous
  3. onerous
  4. laborious
  5. uphill
  6. tough
  7. demanding
  8. exacting
  9. labored
  10. troublesome
  11. herculean
  12. strenuous
  13. painful
  14. formidable
  15. intricate
  16. trying
  17. hairy
  18. unmanageable
  19. unyielding
  20. not easy
  21. tricky
  22. hard-won
  23. stiff
  24. heavy
  25. titanic
  26. stressful
  27. bothersome
  28. burdensome
  29. backbreaking
  30. complicated
  31. wearisome
  32. abstruse
  33. attended by obstacles
  34. arcane
  35. rigorous
  36. byzantine
  37. complex
  38. requiring much effort
  39. gargantuan
  40. convoluted
  41. cranky
  42. delphic
  43. sisyphean
  44. challenging
  45. devastating
  46. taxing
  47. elusive
  48. esoteric
  49. ambitious
  50. serious
  51. exigent
  52. fastidious
  53. irksome
  54. vexatious
  55. frenetic
  56. fussy
  57. tedious
  58. immense
  59. exhausting
  60. hectic
  61. grueling
  62. impalpable
  63. tall
  64. incorrigible
  65. intractable
  66. delicate
  67. involved
  68. knotty
  69. ticklish
  70. beyond one's ability
  71. labyrinthine
  72. man-sized
  73. murderous
  74. no picnic
  75. occult
  76. opaque
  77. sticky
  78. operose
  79. oracular
  80. overwhelming
  81. perplexing
  82. perverse
  83. puzzling
  84. recondite
  85. rough
  86. scabrous
  87. stubborn
  88. toilsome
  89. tortuous
  90. unaccommodating
  91. uncompliant
  92. unintelligible
  93. vicissitudinous
Antonyms:
  1. easy
  2. light
  3. manageable
  4. simple
  5. facile
  6. uncomplicated
  7. straightforward
  8. calm
  9. clear
  10. free
  11. plain
  12. friendly
  13. sociable
Hard to understand
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hard
  2. obscure
  3. heavy
  4. formidable
  5. tough
  6. intricate
  7. involved
  8. perplexing
  9. abstruse
  10. abstract
  11. tricky
  12. complex
  13. complicated
  14. arduous
  15. knotty
  16. thorny
  17. troublesome
  18. obstinate
  19. backbreaking
  20. puzzling
  21. mysterious
  22. mystifying
  23. subtle
  24. burdensome
  25. confusing
  26. bewildering
  27. dark
  28. confounding
  29. demanding
  30. esoteric
  31. unclear
  32. mystical
  33. tangled
  34. effortful
  35. hard to explain
  36. hard to solve
  37. entangled
  38. profound
  39. exacting
  40. vexing
  41. baffling
  42. enmeshed
  43. rambling
  44. exigent
  45. loose
  46. meandering
  47. trackless
  48. pathless
  49. awkward
  50. digressive
  51. turgid
  52. deep
  53. stubborn
  54. labyrinthine
  55. hidden
  56. enigmatic
  57. occult
  58. paradoxical
  59. laborious
  60. incomprehensible
  61. unintelligible
  62. inscrutable
  63. inexplicable
  64. onerous
  65. unanswerable
  66. not understandable
  67. unsolvable
  68. unfathomable
  69. oppressive
  70. concealed
  71. unaccountable
  72. ambiguous
  73. equivocal
  74. rigorous
  75. metaphysical
  76. inconceivable
  77. recondite
  78. overtechnical
  79. rough
  80. unknown
  81. steep
  82. over-one-s-head
  83. severe
  84. beyond one's depth
  85. too deep
  86. beyond one's comprehension
  87. not making sense
  88. taxing
  89. Greek to
  90. past comprehension
  91. trying
  92. weighty
  93. fuss-budgety
Antonyms:
  1. easy
  2. simple
  3. facile
  4. light
  5. uncomplicated
  6. straightforward
  7. manageable
  8. clear
  9. calm
  10. free
  11. plain
Causing difficulty, trouble, or discomfort
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. incommodious
  2. inconvenient
  3. troublesome
Hard to deal with or manage
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. contrary
  2. perverse
  3. unmanageable
  4. balky
  5. contrarious
  6. froward
  7. unaccommodating
  8. impossible
  9. ornery
  10. finicky
  11. wayward
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. compound

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Difficult Sentence Examples

  • This might be the most difficult decision she would ever make.

  • It must be difficult for Alex to keep you happy.

  • Then why was it so difficult to forgive him?

  • I can only imagine how difficult this is for you.

  • I sensed it was a difficult one on his part.

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